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Hafez al-Assad (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, military officer and revolutionary who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Apr 26, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad (born October 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus) was the president of Syria (1971–2000) who brought stability to the country and established it as a powerful presence in the Middle East.
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Hafez al-Assad served as the President of Syria from 12 March 1971 until his death on 10 June 2000. He had been Prime Minister of Syria, leading a government for two years. He was succeeded by his son, Bashar al-Assad.
Jun 11, 2000 · Hafez al-Assad, the air force officer who ruled Syria for three decades, transforming a Middle East backwater into an introverted regional power that endured as the center of unbending Arab...
Nov 4, 2015 · Hafez al-Assad was the architect of modern Syria. Following decades of coups and counter-coups in Syria, Hafez used the network he had built in the posts of Commander of the Syrian air...
Feb 2, 2012 · A blog post by a guest writer who recounts the brutal crackdown by Hafez al-Assad on the city of Hama in 1982, where tens of thousands of people were killed. The post also compares the situation in Syria today with the past and warns of the possibility of another massacre by Bashar al-Assad.
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Ḥāfiẓ al-Assad, (born Oct. 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus), President of Syria (1971–2000). He joined the Baʿth Party in 1946 and in 1955 became an air force pilot. He became air force commander (1963) after helping the Baʿthists gain power.
